It has been more than a month since we left Baiyue Xinling. Since the last time we left, Mo Shuruo knew nothing about Yan Jue's traces.

She made some insinuations to get some news from Mr. Mo, but still found nothing. After that, she was listless and depressed for several days. But at this time, the news of the death of Baiyue Marquis and Baiyue Jing came. Recently, because of not eating regularly and not getting enough rest,

Worried, she finally fell ill in bed.

The news said that Baiyue Jing was intercepted by several men in black on his way back to Minyue, and was finally shot to death by an arrow. Baiyue Jing was so shocked by Baiyue Xi's death that he seemed to have only half a breath left. This time, even his only descendant

They were all dead, and in the end not even a breath was left.

During her illness, she had been wondering whether Bai Yuejing's death was caused by Yanjue, which caused her chest to become depressed and she drank liquid medicine for several days.

Until that day when Mr. Mo came to see her, she sat on the bed and leaned against the bedrail and stammered: "Grandpa, do you believe it? The death of cousin Jing and Uncle Baiyue..."

Mr. Mo peeled the apple skillfully and said without a pause: "Are you saying that the outside world is rumored to be Tianmu Peak?"

"Isn't it?"

He stopped what he was doing, finally raised his head to look at her, and sighed: "Your uncle Baiyue has always been in poor health. It is normal for him to be so affected when he is over fifty years old. He died in the blink of an eye."

Perhaps because she felt that she could not persuade herself, she could only throw all the problems to Mr. Mo.

"What about cousin Jing?"

Duke Mo couldn't help but feel regretful. He shook his head and said, "The people of Fujian and Yue are in danger. Those wealthy businessmen who are always thinking about seizing the throne are bound to take advantage of the opportunity. It's a pity for Jing'er... Hey... Anyway, according to Grandpa's treatment of the city lord

I understand, he would never do such a despicable thing."

She lowered her head, frowned and thought for a while - "Grandpa..." She typed a lot of manuscripts and took a breath, "Do the Mo family really want to get rid of the control of Tianmu Peak?"

Mr. Mo's eyes flashed, but his expression remained unchanged, "If the negotiation goes well, the two parties do not necessarily have to go to war."

She raised her head.

Mr. Mo patted her shoulder and said, "Grandpa knows what you are worried about." The topic changed and he joked: "If he is not the master of Tianmu Peak, he is a person worthy of your trust for life."

Her eyes widened in embarrassment: "Grandpa!!"

Mr. Mo laughed heartily, "Although grandpa is old, he is not blind yet. I don't know what you are thinking."

She stammered: "No, no! I won't tell you anymore. I'm tired. I'm going to sleep!" After saying that, she rolled over and wrapped herself in a quilt as if she were a caterpillar.

Mr. Mo looked at her small figure with a hint of distress in his eyes.

"Although the Mo family considers themselves to be righteous, sometimes they can't help but do things that go against their conscience. If the Mo family leaves Tianmu Peak, I think you will have less trouble in the future. But your uncle has a tough temper, and I don't know what will happen to him in the future.

Whatever happens, relying on Tianmu Peak may be beneficial to you." After thinking for a few times, he slowly said after a while: "Grandpa never intended to hide it from you..."

Mo Shuruo quietly revealed a pair of misty eyes from the quilt and stared blankly at the wall.

"I can't worry about the Mo family after all... It's also a pain for you... If it hadn't been for your father's accident back then..."

Mo Shuruo lifted up the quilt and threw himself on Mr. Mo's lap, tears already streaming down his face.

"grandfather……"

Mr. Mo gently stroked her hair with loving eyes, "Grandpa is old and I don't know when he will pass away. But grandpa has done everything you can think of for you... Grandpa can't give you much anymore...

"

"Nonsense..." Mo Shuruo straightened up and his crying voice changed, "Shuruo is lonely and helpless in this life, and he wants grandpa to choose a good son-in-law himself and watch me get married and enjoy my old age..."

Mr. Mo smiled but said nothing, his expression full of helplessness and sorrow. Birth, old age, illness and death are common occurrences for people. At this age, I have to think deeply about it.

"Come on, get up." He stretched out his hand to help her back to sit on the bed. Mr. Mo stopped saying dejected words and said with a smile: "Speaking of choosing a son-in-law, I don't know who said that he would accompany me a few days ago. How could it be so fast?

Just changed your mind, huh?"

"Grandpa!" Mo Shuruo was ashamed and annoyed but helpless, and he stomped his feet angrily.

Mr. Mo was so happy that his beard trembled, and he slowly stopped laughing, "I won't joke with you anymore, let's talk about business. It's the city lord's birthday in half a month, and I can't think of anything to give you. The Mo family thinks you have the most ideas, so congratulatory gifts

You should make good preparations for grandpa, after all, it is the first ceremony for the city lord to take office, so there is no room for sloppiness."

"I?"

Mr. Mo said: "I'm going to Baiyue in the near future, which will take at least ten days. In addition to taking care of the affairs of the Mo family, I also leave it to you to celebrate my birthday at Tianmu Peak."

It's not difficult to say, just give the gift as the previous city lords have done, but here at Tianmu Peak, not to mention revisiting the old place, you have to see the banquet. The last time they broke up on bad terms, she really

I don’t know what mentality to use to face it.

"I will take care of it, don't worry, grandpa." While he promised Mr. Mo, he was at a loss what to do.

Mr. Mo was deeply pleased, "Shu Ruo has really grown up..." He was right in sending her to Tianmu Peak five years ago. He stood up to leave, but Mo Shuruo planned to see her off, but he pushed her back to the bed.

, "No need to get up, just have a good rest."

"yes."

Before going out, she suddenly said, "Grandpa..."

Duke Mo stopped and turned around, only to see her wearing a snow-white tunic, kneeling on the bed and bowing her head to him.

Mo Shuruo knocked his head on the quilt, which was too heavy to lift. He cried freely and choked with sobs, "As long as Shuruo is here, the Mo family will be safe."

Duke Mo's expression seemed to be one of pity, and he sighed, "Good boy..."

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After Mo Gong left Qing'an City, Mo Shuruo was almost at the completion stage of preparing the congratulatory gifts. According to the Mo family's old accounts, the congratulatory gifts given by the Mo family every year were all rare and rare treasures. When they came to her, she didn't want to give them so many more.

Lao Shizi, not to mention the waste of material and financial resources, there is nothing new. Besides, after all, he is the lord of Tianmu Peak, so how can he care about these vulgar things.

Mo Shuruo walked out of the Mo family's door alone and went straight to the jewelry store in Dongshi. When the shopkeeper who was still settling accounts behind the counter saw her, he hurriedly greeted her, "The eldest lady is here."

Mo Shuruo put his hands behind his hands and smiled, "Are my things ready?"

The shopkeeper smiled broadly and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, just wait a moment and I'll get it right away."

Seeing him heading towards the back door at the corner, Uncle Mo uninterestedly pulled at the various gold hairpins placed on the cabinet. After a while, the shopkeeper came out with a brocade box and handed it to her, "Miss, these jade stones are all

According to your request, the interior was hollowed out and the surface was polished. It is truly exquisite both in design and jade quality."

Looking at his thumbs up, Mo Shuruo felt ashamed and said, "The master's skills are outstanding among the eight countries. A little girl like me doesn't dare to achieve this feat."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Mo Shuruo opened the box, picked up a white jade ring, turned around and looked at the sunshine outside the door.

As the shopkeeper said, this wrench is indeed unique in design.

Under the sun, the ring is crystal clear, and its interior is hollow and twisted like running water. With a slight shake, a gold-inlaid pearl inside stumbles and rolls, and a crisp music comes from the ring.

Mo Shuruo originally thought that he would not be able to see even the most exquisite things, so he specially designed this gadget. This jade is unique, unusual, and can pronounce words. In addition, the curvature and tone are deliberately carved.

With the difference, the pearls roll and hit, and there is a unique tune. It is very interesting to carry it with you and play with it when you are bored.

After paying the final payment, I left the store happily.

It was the third quarter of the year, and the sun was preparing to set. The streets were densely populated, mostly compradors, doing business, and most of them were women preparing dinner for their husbands who returned home from hoeing. The school had just ended, and the children of the wealthy families bought

The candied haws swayed slowly on the bullock cart, and some of them frolicked and disappeared at the entrance of the alley.

Mo Shuruo was strolling leisurely, the bells on his waist jingling, looking around and looking around, feeling quite at ease, but he didn't know that someone had been following her for several blocks.

When she passed the alley, the man finally took action and pulled her in.

Mo Shuruo was so shocked that his scalp was numb. Before he could stand still, the person pulling her lost his center of gravity. In an instant, they both fell to the ground, and Mo Shuruo was used as a meat mat.

"it hurts……"

The person lying on her body said weakly, "Sister Mo, it's me."

Mo Shuruo was still in shock and looked at the teenage girl in front of him, "Xiao Ci! Why are you..."

The girl made a silent gesture towards her and whispered: "Don't make any sound, you come with me." The two of them got up from the ground and walked towards a darker place like thieves.

Although the girl is tall, her body is as thin as paper. Mo Shuruo supported her, "What's wrong with you, Xiaoci? Why are you looking so pale?"

She shook her head, "I'm fine, let's go sit over there for a while."

The two stopped in front of a dilapidated earth temple in the alley and sat next to each other on the bluestone steps.

"Sister Mo, I really can't think of a better way, so I can only come to you."

The girl in front of her had a weak voice, but the hand holding her was very strong.

Mo Shuruo patted the back of the girl's hand to comfort him, "What happened? Don't be anxious, tell me slowly."

Hua Ci turned her head and looked at the broken sandbag in the corner, and instantly fell into a memory that was difficult to extricate herself from. "I have a hidden disease since I was born. Everyone said that I would not live for ten years, but when I was ten years old, I lived well.

, so I didn’t take the disease to heart. My father also thought that my hidden disease had been eliminated. But what I didn’t expect was that just three months ago, I noticed something strange about my body. Sometimes I couldn’t hear sounds for no reason.

, couldn’t see clearly. At first I thought I was just tired, but gradually, I would fall asleep involuntarily, and my hands and feet would not work properly. I suddenly realized that this hidden disease was not just talk..." She grabbed Uncle Mo

Ruo's hands were trembling all over, "Sister Mo, I'm so scared...I'm so afraid that I will suddenly die like that one day..."

Looking at her painful expression, Mo Shuruo felt tears welling up in his eyes, "Xiao Ci..."

"Not long after you left Tianmu Peak, Yao Qingdong also reached the end of his graduation. I took the opportunity to tell my father that I wanted to leave the island. I knew he would not be willing, so I lied to him. I said I liked Dongdong.

I wanted to go to the Yujiang River with him, and my father agreed." She wiped away her tears and continued to talk to herself, "After leaving Tianmu Peak, my health was not good anymore. I lay in the Yujiang River for two months, all day long.

I'm feeling groggy. I know my body very well, and I'm afraid I won't be able to stay up longer..."
To be continued...